Category: Martial Arts
Sometimes you need to change what you are doing. I like to mix it up every now and again, but some things need to stay consistent. As much as I enjoy working out to a regimented program, I need to go “off book” once in a while to stay sane. For my latest 90 day cycle, I am mixing up a number of routines, and putting them together as if I was using Deal-A-Meal.
- Mondays are still my push up and pull up days
- Tuesdays are Plyo/Cardio days
- Wednesdays still are “Arm Heavy”
- Thursdays are stretching and Yoga
- Fridays are all about the legs and butt
- Saturdays are all about the core
When you throw in Thursday nights filled with MMA training and Sundays specific to Sambo, I have a very versatile and fun week of fitness.
I like to cycle by doing 3 complete repeat weeks, then a recovery core week. The next 3 week cycle holds the same focus, but all new ways to hit the muscle groups, and then another recovery core week. Then I do it again. (Yes, I am following a similar cycle to the P90X cycle. It works for me very well) The big decision is when I do my next 60 day cardio cycle? Will it be at the end of this 90 day cycle or will I do another 90 day variant? Time will tell.
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This has been a crazy several weeks. After going to Ukraine to train with Igor Kurinnoy, I came back about 13 pounds lighter than when I arrived. (I had hurt my knee about 3 weeks before the trip, and decided to take it easy and eat out for dinner almost every day, this took me from 209 to 217 before the trip) What I though was going to be a Sambo camp, turned out to be a Sambo Conditioning Camp. This was designed to not only improve our Sambo skills, but to get us competition ready. (Yeah, it was brutal)
So, instead of coming home (after 2 days of eating, drinking and travel, I weighed in at 204.5 and 15.5% body fat) and slacking, I decided on starting a new P90X cycle on June 1st. (and it was a Monday, made it really easy) The big difference this time is that I have been staying very close to the recommended P90X diet. (There have been a couple of slip ups, but nothing crazy. I am way more in the diet than off)
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I have to say, last month was a bear. I threw out my back for part of the month, and then spent the last week and a half fighting this damn cold that is going around. But YESTERDAY (4/6/09) I started over. And that is what staying fit is all about. We all hit hurdles, we hit injuries but we persevere. So, we get discouraged, we feel crappy, we don’t want to move. Well, get the hell over it. You have to in other areas of your life, so do the same with working out.
So, here I am again, a new 90 day training cycle. (Yep, an attainable goal!)
It seems to have been a while. Yikes. I need to get back on the wagon, so to speak. The last 2 months for me have been pretty chaotic. Work has really asserted itself into my training schedule. Due to injury and the damn flu, I was out of commission for about 3 weeks, and I have added 2 more days of SAMBO into my weekly workouts. I really need to put some order back into my regimen.
For anyone who is interested in my new training schedule:
Week 1 down and the only mishap was me not getting Yoga X in. I was thrashed on Thursday after working on a work project all day (until 10:30pm, I know, Crazy!) the rest of the week was just as I planned it out. P90X classic augmented with Sambo on Sunday instead of Saturdays Kenpo X. (Which totally sucks!)
This week, I will hopefully be adding another Sambo work out on Thursday, which means either I do Yoga when I get home late in the evening, or I do Yoga on Daturday. This will eliminate a full recovery day, but I can use it more as a stretching workout than a hard core day. (And yes, yoga can and will kick your ass if you work it right!)
Today was Back and chest again with Ab Ripper X thrown in. I improved on all my reps, and even Ab Ripper X was easier to do. Woo Hoo! If this keeps up, I may have to change out for the ultimate ab work out. The Tony Horton One on One Abs workout. (It looks BRUTAL!)
Wow, a non-P90X post by Rob? Holy…
I have to say that this week Sambo work out was rough. Maybe it was my early rise to go find Smurf at the 1/2 Marathon she ran. Maybe I was still kicked from Back and Legs on Friday. Maybe I am just a wimp. Who knows.
What I do know is that it took nearly 2 hrs for my legs and hips to finally loosen up, and then rolling with Ben and Rob took the rest of the energy I had left. Though my endurance was way better than last week, I was thrashed after working out for 2.5 hrs. Age be damned, I should be able to keep competing, and I will! That is why I do this, to feel young, alive constantly sore. 
Speaking of sore, tomorrow is the beginning of week 2 of cycle 4. More chest and back! Oh my!
So this morning I began my two-a-days, an even more intensive version of P90X classic. The thing that makes it tougher than normal is the 3 added cardio sessions a week. The program has me doing “Cardio X” in the morning, then the standard hardcore work outs in the evening. Well, if you have been reading along, I pretty much thrashed “Cardio X” in an earlier post, and my mind changed this morning. Alone, this workout is pretty lame, but as a supplemental work out, it seems to be perfect. I must say, early this morning it kicked my ass. (I really hate working out in the morning)
Now, after the beating I took yesterday (SAMBO Seminar) I expected to feel like complete crap this morning, but I felt pretty damn good. Then I worked out, and after powering through it, I felt much better. I really needed to get the joints moving this morning.